American Idol: Group 2

From the “This is why I need a DVR” department… I set our VCR (yes, you read that correctly) to record American Idol this evening, but I forgot to set the digital converter box to Fox, so we actually taped the first 40 minutes of Biggest Loser instead of Idol.
From the recap at the end [...]

Technotheologist or Theotechnologist?

Sue’s brother Pete sent me a message on LinkedIn when we connected recently, mentioning that he liked the way I straddle the theological and technological worlds, then presented the two terms above to describe me.  I like them both, but I’m not sure which I’d pick to describe me.  Which would you pick and why?

40 Days

Today is Ash Wednesday.  We begin the countdown to the celebration of Easter today, but first we reflect on our own sinfulness and our need for a Savior as we approach Good Friday.  It’s a great time of the church year, leading to my favorite Sunday of the year, Easter Sunday.
Of course, Easter Sunday will [...]

Television Fast

At rooted this past weekend, we looked at Philippians 4:4-9.  Here’s what it says:
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your [...]

Technology In Our Life

George Barna release some interesting statistics today about the use of technology among age groups.  Here’s a summary of some of the things I found interesting:
Mainstream Technologies (Used by more than 50% of all computer users)

Boomers and Elders

Email
Search

Busters (25-41, I think)

Email
Search
Text Messaging
Hosting a personal website

Mosaics (18-24)

Email
Search
Text Messaging
Instant Messaging
Posting comments on other blogs
Watching videos online
Downloading music [...]

I Love It When a Plan Comes Together

Whenever the team planning something changes, there’s an adjustment period.  Our Famine planning team doesn’t include Christi this year, as she’s moved to Michigan.  Christi was our ace organizer and especially gifted at arranging the servant event portion of the Famine. 
I am exceptionally not gifted in this area.  To complicate matters, our Famine is [...]

Threaded Comments Are Here

WordPress recently upgraded their comment system so that we can have threaded comments.  You can see an example of it in their announcement.  I’ve turned it on for this blog, which should help for replying to comments.  Enjoy!

LaserTron

We had 16 youth come out for the LaserTron event.  Fun stuff, but quite exhausting.  It amazing how tiring it is for this old man to walk around the LaserTron arena and shoot people.  Still, quite a fun day.  We came back to church after shooting each other to play some Dodge Ball and the [...]

American Idol: Group 1

Well, we are finally down to the real deal with American Idol.  It was good to move out of the auditions phase and into the actual competition.  Here’s the rundown of candidates as I saw them, with a quick comment on each:

Tier 1

Danny Gokey: Top vote getter for boys/overall.  He sounded great and how could [...]

Tax Deadline

For most people, the tax deadline is April 15.  If you’re like me, however, you’re well versed in the world of extensions.  We haven’t filed our taxes on time in eight or nine years. 
I kept telling myself that there were lots of good reasons for it.  The bottom line, however, is that we just [...]